Samatha Bee grew up in a dysfunctional family in the free-wheeling days of the 1970s and early 1980s. While I liked her style in re-telling some stories from her childhood, her family was just too weird/disturbed to really like any of the stories she told. The humor I expected from Bee came from the...
I listened to this book in my car, and laughed out loud. I will add that the first chapter or so of this book did not lead me to believe I would be laughing anytime soon. I was wrong. It was funny, and I suspect Samantha Bee's narration probably made it even funnier than it would have been in pri...
I did not find Bee's memoir especially memorable or entertaining. I enjoy her work on The Daily Show but I think she is most effective in front of a camera (or simply not in print form). Each story is too long winded and needed to be more concise in order to be more funny. The majority of the storie...
I liked Samantha Bee's book. A lot. It was unexpectedly thoughtful and revealing. I did expect it to be funny and it did not disappoint. I laughed out loud in public.I couldn't help comparing it to Tina Fey's Bossipants. I REALLY expected and WANTED to like Bossipants but I was disappointed. Fey's b...
She had some things that I could totally relate to, like her reference to hiding her hands because she used to bite her nails and the her views on the world. Her writing on trying to find the perfect gift was really funny and how she got so uptight when the person she was giving it to did not "worsh...
I'm a big fan of Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, but for some reason I'd never felt curious to read any of their books until this year. I considered starting with Earth (the book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race, but thought I'd go through this older one first.I have to admit, when I started I ...
I have been a fan of "The Daily Show" for a long time and Samantha Bee is one of my favorite "correspondents". It's one of those shows (for those that either do not watch tv *gasp* or don't have cable) that takes your average everyday WTF stance on politics and gives it the proper twist so that you ...
I really did laugh quite a bit while reading this one. I thought I would die when Samantha (I can call you Samantha, right?) related her sexual education when her mother gave her a little red book. I can't imagine a nice Catholic girl posing her Barbies that way. You can see what I am talking abo...
I really liked this book. There's a cliche that comedians all have tragic backgrounds. I wouldn't call Bee's tragic, exactly, but it certainly sounds lonely. In some ways she reminds me of me, more comfortable with adults than peers my own age. It was really interesting to get a peek into her lif...
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